Improvement in bed-springs



E. C. BARMORE.

Bed-Spring.

No.198,83 3. Pat entedJan. 1,1878.

N, PETERS. PH

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN c. BARMORE, on NEW BUFFALO, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-SPRINGS.

- Specification forming part of LettersPa-tent No. 198,833, dated January 1, 1878; application ,filed September 17, 18/1. l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN G. BARMORE, of New Buffalo, in the county of Berrien and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Coiled Springs; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, refferencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichl p .Eigure 1 represents a general plan or top view of a coiled spring embodying my invention; and Fig. 2 represents a cross-section of a bed-slat and elevation of the spring, showing the manner of attaching the spring to the slat. Like letters of reference indicate like parts. My invention relates to that class of coiled springs usedin the construction of bed-bottoms, upholsteri'ng of any kind, or mechanical purposes, and "consists ina double coiled spring, formed of a single piece of iron, steel, or other suitable wire, and so coiled that one coil will be withiuthe other. l l l g In the drawing, A and A represent a double coiled spring, formed of a single piece of iron, steel, or other suitable wire, and each end of which is so bent as to form a loop, B, and so as to encircle and. be held in proper position upon the slat O, as shown. The partA of the spring is bent at its end to form the loop B, as shown, and is then coiled in the usual manner; and the part A, in continuation of the part A, is then formed or coiled outside of the part A, and its end is also bent to form the loop 13, as shown.

By this construction I am enabled to furnish to the trade a coiled spring for bed-bottoms which may be adjusted to the slats of any sisting of the coils A A, formed of a single piece of wire, and arranged one within the other, as shown. l l

2. The double spring herein described, consisting of the coils A A, formed of a single piece of wire, and arranged one within the other, and having each endformed into a loop, substantially as shown and described.

EDWIN o. BARMORE.

Witnesses GEO. H. RICHARDS CHARLES E. TERRIERE. 

